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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dave Abbott (ranked 3759 p4p, 373 weight class) and Gordon Gooding (ranked 4784 p4p, 468 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Gooding's choice of entrance music: Thunderstrike. Gordon Gooding has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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280 lbs
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190 cm
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255 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dave Abbott!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Gordon Gooding!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Bart Greer and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gooding fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gooding walks into a stiff left hand from Abbott.
Abbott moves out of range of the strikes.
Gooding connects with a looping right hand.
Abbott throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gooding moves into the clinch.
Gooding lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gooding tries a body shot but Abbott blocks it.
Gooding swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Abbott creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gooding wants to stall.
Gooding lands with a short shot to the head.
Gooding misses with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Abbott.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Abbott lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gooding backwards.
Abbott lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gooding backwards.
Abbott manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A short right from Abbott on the inside.
Abbott lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Abbott taking a breather.
Abbott misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A right hook to the body lands for Abbott.
The referee is keeping an eye on Abbott - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Gooding misses with some punches.
Gooding tries to work over Abbott's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gooding looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Abbott doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Abbott softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Abbott is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Abbott.
Gooding looks winded!
Abbott digs a right hand into Gooding's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Gooding's gas tank.
A short uppercut from Abbott.
Gooding misses with the head strike.
Abbott lands with a left to the head.
Abbott lands with a left to the head.
Abbott's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Abbott with a nice cross.
Gooding misses with a looping right.
Abbott throws a body punch but Gooding moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gooding throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Abbott moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Abbott lands with a straight right. Gooding didn't see that one coming.
Nice cross by Abbott.
Gooding takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Abbott darts in and clinches Gooding up against the cage.
Gooding swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gooding can't find room to land a body shot as Abbott controls the action.
Gooding misses with a hook from the clinch.
Abbott lands an uppercut.
Gooding lands with a short shot to the head.
Gooding working aggressively here.
Abbott lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Gooding is rocked!
Abbott is pushing Gooding up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Gooding is still on wobbly legs! Can Abbott finish him?
Abbott throws a big uppercut that drops Gooding! More strikes from Abbott and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Gooding lies dazed against the cage as Abbott celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dave Abbott!
Dave Abbott spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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